Which chicken sandwich is the G.O.A.T.? Your vote counts!

A nation already polarized finds itself embroiled and divided once again, but this time, politics has nothing to do with it: The blame lays squarely on a fried piece of poultry. (Eric Gay/AP)

Sun Sentinel food critic Mike Mayo slogged through an hour-long line at one Popeyes on Saturday to get a taste of their incredibly hyped chicken sandwich, which looks very suspiciously like Chick-fil-A’s chicken sandwich and has caused no small amount of controversy among the Chick-fil-A faithful, what with both lunchtime treats offering a simple recipe of pickles and fried chicken on bread.

Mayo’s verdict in the great Popeyes v. Chick-fil-A battle was somewhat circumspect — “it’s complicated,” he wrote — so we’ve decided to throw it open to our readers with the following online poll, which will answer once and for all, absolutely definitively, which fast-food joint has the best bird on a bun.